Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
# Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) is a trans-national body of 150 Parliamentarians from Europe and Latin America. It was established in 2006 to bolster EU-Latin American relations. It was described by Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Union's External Relations Commissioner, as "one of the key bodies in ensuring fruitful cooperation between our two regions."

## Organisation

EuroLat is led by a Co-Presidency, the current European Co-President is Ramón Jáuregui Atondo and the Latin American Co-President is José Leonel Vasquéz Búcaro (of El Salvador, Parlacen). There are 14 Co-Vice Presidents, again equally split. The Co-Presidents and the Co-Vice Presidents form the Executive Bureau, the managing body. EuroLat has four standing committees: Political, Security and Human Rights Affairs; Economic, Financial and Trade Affairs; Committee on Social Affairs, Youth and Children, Human Exchanges, Education and Culture and Committee on Sustainable Development, Environment, Energy Policy, Research, Innovation and Technology. There can be a maximum of 2 temporary committees or working groups.

## Members

The 150 members are split equally between European and Latin American members, currently drawn from the following bodies;

* European Parliament
* Andean Parliament
* Central American Parliament
* Latin American Parliament
* Parliament of Mercosur
* Congress of Mexico
* National Congress of Chile

Executive Bureau Members from European Parliament;

* Chair: Javi López (S&D, Spain)
* 1st Vice Chair: Jordi Cañas Pérez (RE, Spain)
* 2nd Vice Chair: Sandra Pereira (GUE/NGL, Portugal)
* 3rd Vice Chair: Hermann Tertsch (ECR, Spain)
* 4th Vice Chair: José Manuel García-Margallo (EPP, Spain)
* 5th Vice Chair: Nikos Androulakis (S&D, Greece)
* 6th Vice Chair: Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, Italy)
* 7th Vice Chair: Beata Mazurek (ECR, Poland)

Executive Bureau Members from Latin America;

* José Manuel Vásquez Búcaro (Parlacen, El Salvador)
* Elías Ariel Castillo Gonzalez (Parlatino, Panamá)
* Jorge Pizarro Soto (JPC Eu-Chile)
* Rabindranath Salazar Solorio (JPC EU-Mexico)
* María de los Angeles Higonet (Parlatino, Argentina)
* Doreen Javier Ibarra (Parlasur, Uruguay)
* José Pedro de la Cruz (Parlandino, Ecuador)
* Diego Aquino Acosta Rojas (Parlacen, Dominican Republic)
